spurn
to kick or trample with the foot.
to show disdain or contempt; scorn something.
disdainful rejection.
contemptuous treatment.
a kick.
Origin of spurn
1synonym study For spurn
Other words for spurn
Opposites for spurn
Other words from spurn
- spurn·er, noun
- out·spurn, verb (used with object)
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How to use spurn in a sentence
He spurns any conception of himself as a “regional” candidate with narrow appeal.
Buddy Roemer’s Long-Shot Presidential Campaign Is a Study in Unorthodoxy | Ben Jacobs | February 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFrank spurns the empty chitchat and flattery that make up so much of Washington conversation.
Barney Frank Throws In the Towel, Won’t Seek Reelection in 2012 | Michelle Cottle | November 29, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThis 2010 BBC movie spurns Team McCartney and sides with Team Lennon in all of its eccentric, tormented, imaginative glory.
My husband no longer listens to me; he spurns my advice, he is deaf to my prayers.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de KockHe has been taken to England, but spurns conventional life for the sake of the untamed West and a girls pretty face.
The Boss of Wind River | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
Then he must run a race with a courser so fleet that he fairly spurns the ground under his flying footsteps.
How to Succeed | Orison Swett MardenShe spurns the doctrine that it is woman's position to abnegate and to immolate herself.
The Salamander | Owen JohnsonThe proverbial child spurns its toys and cries for the moon.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) | Henry Smith Williams
British Dictionary definitions for spurn
/ (spɜːn) /
to reject (a person or thing) with contempt
(when intr, often foll by against) archaic to kick (at)
an instance of spurning
archaic a kick or thrust
Origin of spurn
1Derived forms of spurn
- spurner, noun
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